Rolling Stone have a really enjoyable piece on a well worn 1980 Sun Ra bootleg getting a mostly cleaned-up digital release erasing audience applause, fixing the hitherto out of phase stereo recordings that have been doing the rounds and more, in what the label, sanctioned by sunra.com, as official as it gets, says is ''a commercial release for the first time''. Make no mistake however there is no shortage of Sun Ra albums out there. As his long time saxophonist John Gilmore noted; "Where else can you be around a cat who is writing not one, not two, but three or four arrangements a day – and one is badder than the next?"

A pleasure, quite serene in a way and not dated at all I suppose not a surprise given Ra is always seen by his greatest fans however tongue in cheek as a representative of the future. Hank Shteamer explains that Haverford College 1980 Solo Piano ''isn’t canonical Ra by any stretch''. But he certainly likes it. And why not? Haverford Includes Ra's deft truncated take on 'Rhapsody in Blue' and is nearly exclusively solo Fender Rhodes although vibist Walt Dickerson, no kidding Sherlock, has his moment in his own Sun on 'Walt Dickerson Vibraphone Solo.' Yep marlbank loves a hefty 25-minute vibes solo and this well and truly fits the bill, full of colour and mindfulness. That title took a lot of thought. Haverford, which is in Pennsylvania, also contains 'St. Louis Blues' and 'Over the Rainbow.'